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Title II, Part A Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund, Grants to States
This program increases student achievement by elevating teacher and principal quality through recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies.
Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151(B) School Leadership
The School Leadership program is a new discretionary program that supports efforts to recruit, retain, and provide training and continuing professional development to principals and assistant principals to create a high-quality school leadership force.
Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151(C) Advanced Certification or Advanced Credentialing
This new discretionary grant program funds activities that support teachers seeking advanced certification or credentialing. Funds go toward high-quality professional teacher enhancement programs that are designed to improve teaching and learning.
Title II, Part A, Subpart 5, Section 2151(E) Early Childhood Educator Professional Development
This program aims to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly those who are disadvantaged, and prevent them from encountering difficulties once they enter school. In this regard, the program funds partnerships whose goal is to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities with high concentrations of children living in poverty.
Title II, Part B Mathematics and Science Partnerships
This new program is designed to improve students academic achievement in mathematics and science. It provides competitive grants to partnerships for professional development, teacher recruitment, and curriculum redesign in mathematics and science.
Title II, Part C Troops-to-Teachers
This program encourages former military personnel to become classroom teachers. The program recruits eligible participants and provides them with referral and placement services, as well as financial assistance for teaching in high-need schools.
Title II, Part C, Subpart 1, Chapter B Transition to Teaching
This program is a new competitive grant program that recruits and retains highly qualified mid-career professionals and recent college graduates as teachers in high-need schools. The program also supports the development and expansion of alternative routes to teacher certification.
Title II, Part C, Subpart 2 National Writing Project
The National Writing Project is a nonprofit educational organization that supports programs to train classroom teachers to teach writing effectively to their students. The program supports the expansion and continued activities of the National Writing Project and the dissemination of effective professional development practices.
Title II, Part C, Subpart 3 Civic Education
This program is designed to improve the quality of civics and governmental education, foster civic competence and responsibility, and improve the quality of civic and economic education through cooperative education exchange programs with emerging democracies.
Title II, Part C, Subpart 4 Teaching of Traditional American History
This program supports student achievement by improving teachers knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history. The program provides funds to school districts to design, implement, and demonstrate effective research-based professional development programs.
Title II, Part C, Subpart 5 Teacher Liability Protection
The Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 limits the financial liability of teachers, principals, and other school professionals for harm they may cause when acting on behalf of the school in disciplining students or maintaining classroom order.
Title II, Part D, Subparts 1 and 2 (Educational Technology State Grants and National Technology Activities) Enhancing Education Through Technology
The primary goal of the Educational Technology State Grants Program is to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. It is also designed to assist every student in becoming technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade and to encourage the effective integration of technology resources and systems with teacher training and professional development to establish research-based instructional models. The program targets funds primarily to school districts that serve concentrations of poor students.
Title II, Part D, Subpart 3 Ready-to-Learn Television
This program develops and disseminates educational programming for preschool and early elementary school children and their families. The program supports distribution of programming and printed materials to increase school readiness for young children in limited English proficient households and to increase family literacy. Accompanying support materials and services promote the effective use of educational television programming.


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In addition to an indoor pool, Shore Crest Vacation Villas II provides an outdoor pool and a health club. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge). This beach condo also offers laundry facilities, express check-out, and a safe deposit box at the front desk.
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Search for MH370 reveals a military vulnerability for China
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Just a few little things that can help make your pictures look more professional and help to flatter for your subjects.
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Taking a picture of your subject standing straight and square with the camera isn't flattering. This has an easy fix- simply have your subject slightly turn so they are at an angle with the camera and have them bend their knees and arms. The angles are much more flattering than the straight "board" look.
As you can see, even with a super thin girl like her, the second image (where she is bending her arm) is more flattering than the first image.
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The buzz of musket balls still rings in your ears, a constant reminder that the Cardinal's Guard is never far behind. But it is the heat that will kill you. The trip from Paris to London is never easy, but when it must be done in threee sleepless days, with the Cardinal's Guard in pursuit, it's impossible. When the future of Parallel M-1 is at stake, however, the Time Corps demands the impossible. Cardinal Richelieu is allied with a Demorean even more clever than he and they will do anything to stop you. Adventure with the Three Musketeers to save the Queen's honor and the day!
You sleep in the middle of the day. The twin towers of the World Trade Center in 20th Century Manhattan, once the world's tallest buildings, top out at 35 stories each. No one has ever heard of the Mason-Dixon line. Cigarettes seem never to have existed. So much is different in so many subtle ways that you feel your Paranormal Memory will be overwhelmed completely, yet you know that somehow, somewhere, it was all caused by a solitary change in the fabric of Time. Can you find thecommon element that determines whether billions of lives will be plunged into darkness and death?
Alarms flash and klaxons sound as every available Time Corps agent rushes to the field. Somehow a full-scale nuclear war has broken out in 1970 and the disruptive Time Wave spawned by that fiery destruction will wipe out the Time Corps in a matter of days unless the cause behind the change in History is found and fixed. Even new recruits like yourself are being rushed through training and being sent to a Time almost 20 years after the bombs stopped falling to find out what happened from the survivors. So you go back, masking your uncertainty as to what to do, to try to find the key. But a lot has changed. . .from geography, politics, and economics to music, shopping, and computers. What is cause and what is effect. Miss Him, Miss Him, Miss Him is a training module which le...
In Occupied France, you trust no one. And no one trusts you. Your mission seemed simple enough back at Time Corps HQ. Go to Poitiers, France, 1941 and investigate an intercepted code-phrase "Project Demorean-Companys". Bust since your arrival, you've been assaulted by the Gestapo, betrayed by "trustworthy" Partisans, and interrogated by the Underground. Nobody's talking, and your only lead is a prisoner in a Nazi internment camp. Success is as likely as finding a squad of Deaf-Mute Commandos.
Are the Sea Dogs pirates or patriots? A plot against Queen Elizabeth and Sir Francis Drake causes Time Corps agents to invesitigate. The Sea Dogs are as able seamen as there are, but even they are not prepared for metal sea serpents which fire explosive missiles. And what do the strange CCCP markings mean on its side?
"According to the Sentinel, renegades have penetrated Cuba sometime in 1519. As near as we can guess, the band of time-hoppers joined the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, who is on his way to conquer Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. You probably know the place better by its later name, Mexico City. Now these renegades are probably after the legendary treasure of Moctezuma, the Aztec king. Of course, we can't be absolutely sure there's no other plan afoot." So goes another mission briefing by John Watkins, Commander of the Earth Specialty Division. Somehow, you're sure this won't be as simple as it sounds.
It's been over three decades since the Nuclear War ushered in the Second Dark Age. For thirty years, the survivors have struggled to restore some measure of law and order to North America. The Southwest now stands ready tostart the tedious process of recivilization, but the Second Civil War threatens to uproot this fledgling society. Once again, it is American against American, but this time the battlefields are the long-neglected highways of the Southwest and the cavalry consists of super-charged Fords and Chevrolets armed with rocket launchers and twin machine guns.
Time Guard Raymond Fraiser mysteriously disappeared from assignment in 3157 A.D. The only clue to his whereabouts leads here--to India's Sakhara Valley, October, 1856. So begins your mission--a routine lost and found search. By why did Fraiser abandon his assignment to come here? Who are the strange characters that keep appearing in the valley? And who is reviving the outlawed worship of Kali?
The barbarian gladiator steps toward your prone body, muscles tensed in anticipation of the coming deathstroke. He thrusts at your throat as you roll left, his blade slashing at you. In the arena seats above, a bored aristocrat fingers a Time Corps communicator--your communicator, a technology not-of-this-time, which he must not keep. This mission felt wrong from the start. Donning human form, Demoreans assassinated Cleopatra--or did they? Danger and false turns about in The Cleopatra Gambit.
Featuring Missing: PT 109 PT-109 creeps through Pacific waters on a single engine, its murmur dissolving in the breeze. Lt. John F. Kennedy stands at the helm. A crewman cries out "Ship ahead at 2 o'clock!", but the night blankets its true identity as it bears down on the plywood hull of the little PT. Seventeen years later, in 1960, Richard Nixon is elected president and the Time Corps wants to know what really happened to JFK in '43. Self-standing screen features vital charts and tables for the TimeMaster game in one attractive, convenient place.
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Gifts Vs. Money
Go back to Ariely's example from the previous section where he showcased a scene at thanksgiving. While it's unacceptable to bring your host an envelope full of money it's perfectly acceptable to bring them a gift costing the same or even less.
The gifting economy is an extension of what Ariely describes as a social norm. While the gift has a value associated with it, that value isn't monetary and therefore doesn't skew the system.
A gift is given without an immediate call for retribution. It's usually obvious why the gift was given. The receiver maintains the warm and fuzzy feeling they get when they invite a friend over for dinner and the gift giver starts the chain events.
I've given gifts more times than I can count and in more ways than I can remember. Some of the gifts I've given are:
- A copy of my book(s). This is my favorite gift to give because it represents my hard work and passion. I can't give anything more valuable. With this gift I always include a personally written letter stating why the receiver is getting the gift, or how they helped me / influenced me, and I sign each copy.
- An introduction. As my network grows I give this gift more and more. An expert's power doesn't come from knowing, it comes from knowing where to find. Whenever I speak with somebody I always try to think of somebody else that I can introduce him or her to.
- Technical help. Somewhere along the way I built up a good technological skillset. I've no idea where it came from but I consider myself adept in WordPress website design, troubleshooting, and html coding. I'm also a Google ninja. Often I'm the first person somebody calls when they are having a problem, I'm more than happy to help if I can free of charge of course.
- A recommendation. Similar to introducing two people to each, I often recommend people I know to others for work. Being the center of information is important in any business where you want to build influence.
- A letter. Yeah, they still exist. Snail mail is becoming a powerful relationship-building tool once again because people receive so few letters. I'll often opt to send a letter over email when it's somebody who I want to make a connection with.
- Anything. Sorry for the ambiguity but I really mean anything. I've sent flowers, gift baskets, and even baseball tickets as gifts. What's important is that the gift is meaningful and has value for the receiver. Knowing what is important to them helps and going out of your way with a gift says a lot.
Don't expect anything in return for your gift. Often you will get a thank you message to acknowledge receipt. The gift is a tool to build a relationship.
When I released my first book Ignite the Fire I sent copies to 60+ people. Some of them included magazine editors that I hardly knew. The accompanying letter was personal and stated how their work and the magazine influenced me. I also highlighted a section in the book to bring their attention to.
5 months after the book was released I got a tweet from an editor at Muscle & Fitness. It was succinct. "Not sure if any of the other editors contacted you, but we chose your book as our book of the month for our next issue. It'll be profiled in the magazine."
The magazine is printed internationally and has massive distribution. It was also a big step in establishing legitimacy for a self-published book. There was no amount of money I could have paid to get my book featured. I'm convinced that just sending the book to the editor would not have had the same effect. It was the gift of the letter that made the difference.
Being Part of Something Greater, a Movement
Nobody cares about you. Sorry but it's true. People have their own businesses, struggles, and stresses and you aren't their priority. That is unless you can offer them to be a part of something bigger than them – a movement.
To build a movement you need to first identify a need in your industry. I found my need through interviewing hundreds of personal trainers. Think about a gap in knowledge that exists in your industry.
Instead of building or branding your website about yourself, make it about the gap in knowledge. Others who are passionate about the industry will want to join your movement. Having established authorities as a part of your network or website is a huge step when nobody knows who you are.
For thePTDC I called these people coaches. A coach didn't have to do anything. Some of them contribute articles and advice and some of them have been mostly silent partners simply lending their name to the cause. Having them involved early on meant that I could approach more people and include them in my network.
Everybody wants to be a part of something bigger than they are. Already established industry experts enjoy being involved in a variety of causes as long as it doesn't involve much of a time commitment. As long as your work is good and your cause is genuine you will be surprised at the response you get if you just ask.
Positioning is everything. Being a part of a movement alongside influential people in your industry will create the illusion that you are influential yourself. Perception becomes reality quickly online if you play the game right.
Links are currency online. Many people don't understand the true value of links and what they do. It's common knowledge that links go a long way to help you rank in search engines. That being said a link from a small blog won't do much. It's a grain of sand compared to a boulder of a link from a high domain authoritative site.
Links are gifts. Use them any other way and you will be labeled a spammer. When I get an email asking me if somebody wants to participate in a "link exchange" I erase the email and make a note not to speak with that person again. For one thing, every Google update works to punish linking networks. For another it's not the way I want to do business.
What did work for me early on was to compile a list of my favorite reads from the previous week. Recall that I had a massive list of fitness blogs. After identifying which blogs I deemed to be good I picked a couple good posts from each week and listed them on the review post. I then sent the writer an email, tweet, or Facebook message.
This message thanked them for the great work and told them that I placed them on my list. I didn't ask anything in return.
What I learned quickly was two-fold:
- The list had to be small. A list of 50 reads each week is not selective and nobody feels all that special to be on it.
- Adding a picture of the blogger who wrote the post works well. People really like to see their picture and there's a better chance they will share your list.
Over time the writers might message you back and thank you for the inclusion. The link-gift is a way to break the ice and get the person into your inner circle. Network is everything in this game. If you build it your spark will switch on the lights. If you don't it will fizzle out and die.
Interesting Aside – The Blogroll
Since the early days of the web links were a hot commodity. Michael Sippey in 1997 became the first well-known collector of links on his website www.theobvious.com.
The collection of links started as a way for him to organize his thoughts under the heading "filter". Before long other bloggers, or WebLoggers at the time, were asking to be on his list. Before the days of SEO links were a source of public recognition for ones work.
Blogroll's started soon after, in 1998 by Cameron Barret, for his website CamWorld. Backlinking took the center stage as this was the first major public list of interesting pages. According to Scott Rosenberg:
"Once there was a public list, people wanted to be on it – both for the recognition that inclusion would confer and for the actual click-though traffic is might direct". 3*8*
The Networks Algorithm
Unfortunately I don't know the specifics of Google's search algorithm. If I did I would be a very very rich man. What I do know is that they have a room filled of the smartest people on the planet figuring out complex mathematical formulas to do one thing: They want to gear the search towards what and who you want to listen to. They are doing everything in their power to take down spammers, black hat techniques, and link exchanges. If a black hat method works now, it probably won't soon. Gaming the system could lead to some temporary success but will hurt in the long term.
Facebook is similar in vein although they have made their algorithm a bit more know. While the specifics change they are trying to turn the feed into your own personal news source by selecting what and who it thins you want to listen to. It does this using a system called EdgeRank or GraphRank.
EdgeRank or Graph Rank is based off of 4 things:
- Time. Newer posts are chosen for over older posts.
- Affinity. This is a measure of how much of a relationship you seem to have with the person posting the content. Everything from clicking on their links, sharing their statuses, and even viewing their profile is monitored and taken into account.
- Weight. How much interaction that post has already garnered. If a lot of people have "liked" or commented on it then it will show up in more peoples feeds, like a snowball effect.
- Type of Content. Different types of content may or may not be chosen for. This changes. In general: Videos > pictures > links > status updates > posts from outside applications.
What it boils down to is how much engagement you get. Generally pictures get a lot of engagement so even if they aren't chosen for in the algorithm for types of content they will have a lot of weight.
3*8*Rosenberg, S. (2009). Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters. New York : Crown.


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What Causes Sinkholes?
Yesterday, just a few miles away from The Happiest Place on Earth, inhabitants of a luxury resort in central Florida were uprooted from their idyllic vacations when their plush condominiums collapsed into a sinkhole. In place of the three-story villa, residents were left with a 60-foot crater, 15 feet deep—and a lot of questions. Sinkholes have gulped down suburban homes, cars, and entire fields in the past, but how does the ground just swallow up a building like that?
Some sinkholes are a simple matter of cause and effect. Urban sinkholes may be directly traced to underground water main breaks or collapsed sewer pipelines, into which city sidewalks crumple in the absence of any structural support. In more rural areas, such catastrophes might be attributed to abandoned mine shafts or salt caverns that can't take the weight anymore. These types of sinkholes are heavily influenced by human action, but most sinkholes are unpredictable, inevitable natural occurrences.
Florida is notorious for such spontaneous natural disasters. The state has the misfortune of being built upon a foundation of limestone—solid rock, but the kind that is easily dissolved by acidic rain or groundwater. The karst process, in which the mildly acidic water wears away at fractures in the limestone, leaves empty space where there used to be stone, and even the residue is washed away. Any loose soil, grass, or—for example—luxury condominiums perched atop the hole in the ground aren't left with much support. Just as a house built on a weak foundation is more likely to collapse, the same is true of the ground itself. Gravity eventually takes its toll, aided by natural erosion, and so the hole begins to sink.
Sinkholes aren't uncommon, as about 10 percent of the world's landscape is composed of karst regions. They are, however, no less dangerous for unsuspecting victims. Even knowing exactly what causes sinkholes, their unforeseeable nature serves as proof that the ground beneath our feet may not be as solid as we think.


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When we signed up with Mario Cardinali for dance lessons two years ago, we had hopes of being competent enough to join the dance floor at the occasional gala or wedding rather than being apart of the group that sits and watches. Never did I imagine that we would find so much joy in dancing that we would actually seek out vacations that include dancing, such as cruises and vacations at the the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA which has a beautiful ballroom dance floor.
The Arthur Murray dance instructors like Mario Cardinali have such a unique way of making me feel successful at each level and then building onto what I have learned without making me feel overwhelmed. At each stage, I leave the studio feeling confident, and most importantly, happy and excited to go back for my next private lesson or group class. Along with dancing on vacations, the dance parties at Arthur Murray are so much fun! My husband and I look forward each week to our Friday date nights, which include dinner at our favorite restaurants then dancing at the Arthur Murray studio. At the parties if a song comes on and we are unsure about the dance steps, an instructor is ready and willing to help. Conversely, if we just want to dance, that is perfectly fine too!
Mario Cardinali and the talented instructors, group classes, private lessons, weekly dance parties, fun in exercise, friendly and happy people...these are the reasons I am still here!
Mr Mario Cardinali we wanted to let you know we absolutely love AM! AM has given us the opportunity to learn to dance, make friends, get fit, and have fun :) It's our social club, wellness center and escape from reality! What more could we ask for?
At AM, it's not just about walking in and dancing out...it's also about enjoying every minute of it.
Dishonest business owner – My wife and I took lessons for a few years at the Cleveland location, which was owned by the same guy, Mario Cardinali, who owns the Wexford studio. While the quality of the dance instruction is very good, Mr. Cardinali is in my opinion an unethical, if not fraudulent, business man.
We prepaid for a bunch of lessons, but the Cleveland studio closed abruptly in January 2011, without notice to the students. Since that time Mr. Cardinali's behavior has been extremely unprofessional and discourteous. We were told that we would receive our money back for the lessons we purchased, but that never happened, even after I and a bunch of other students sued Mr. Cardinali. He refused to waive the arbitration clause in our contract in order to discourage us from going after him. We were also promised that we would be provided with substitute lessons at another Cleveland area studio if we dropped our claim, but again Mr. Cardinali has yet to take any concrete steps to make that happen. Mr. Cardinali drives around a very expensive car and makes a lot of money from his dance studios and other businesses but is continuing to fight tooth-and-nail to avoid reimbursing us a few thousand dollars for lessons we purchased but never received or to provide us with substitute lessons.
I would not recommend taking lessons from any studio owned by Mario Cardinali. If you must take lessons at Arthur Murray, I highly recommend that you do not prepay for a substantial number of lessons, since you risk that Mr. Cardinali will break the contract and put up a hard fight to prevent you from getting your money back.
Do not trust the owner of this place!!!! – In terms of the instructors, the dancing and locations AM dance studios are good, I'll give them that.
But there is always the sales pitch at the end of almost every lesson, and it is extremely difficult as a customer to keep track of how many dance lessons you've bought/used up.
My husband and I used to take dance lessons at the AM in Cleveland, which has (better: had) the same owner as the Wexford, PA studio. He closed the doors of the Cleveland studio without giving any kind of notice, not to mention any information as to how we were going to retrieve the money / dance lessons we had already paid for. His business behavior has been despicable, an absolute horror!!
We and everyone else we knew at the studio has not been able to recoup their investments, and his fishy deals that Mr. Mario Cardinali keeps offering have never turned out to be anything but empty promises and ways to keep us hanging in the air.
Therefore, if you are considering purchasing dance lessons from any Arthur Murray Dance Studio owned by Mr. Mario Cardinali - be very careful, or better yet: go to someone trustworthy!!! (I have meanwhile seen the practices of other dance franchises, where they put more money in an escrow fund and thus can only get your money after they've provided you the service you paid for - this is not the case here!)
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The old land records will often give more information than just the land details – they will discuss transfers of land in the case of the death of the original owner, sometimes provide death or marriage certificates as supporting evidence with regards to rights to the land, and so on. It was not uncommon for women to own or inherit property. In fact, three out of four of my great-grandmothers were the ones who owned the family property in the interwar period, and at least two of my great-great-grandmothers inherited the family property during the Czarist period.
Today, farmers are still an important part of Latvia's cultural fabric. People strive to buy Latvian produce and shop at local farmers' markets. Cities are almost deserted at times of traditional festivals such as Midsummer. The Latvian Farmers' Union political party still exists in a coalition with the Green Party (running for Saeima as "The Union of Greens and Farmers"), pursuing a strain of agrarianism familiar in the Nordic countries that is oriented towards small enterprises instead of large conglomerates.
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BALTIMORE (Sept. 11, 2013) – At the direction of the Mid-Atlantic regional grid operator, PJM Interconnection, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) will begin a PeakRewards emergency cycling event this afternoon. All customers who are voluntarily enrolled in the PeakRewards Air Conditioning program and the PeakRewards Electric Water Heater program will be cycled up to their chosen level of participation.
For PeakRewards Air Conditioning program participants who have chosen to participate at the 50 percent level, compressors will be off for half the time they would normally run. For participants at the 75 percent level, compressors will be off for three-quarters the time they would normally run. During the event, customers who participate at the 100 percent level will have no air conditioning for the duration of the event, meaning no new cool air will be produced. Customers participating in the PeakRewards Electric Water Heater program will also experience a 100 percent cycling of their water heaters, meaning their water will not be heated until the event ends. In most cases, water in the tank prior to program activation will remain warm.
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BGE cannot predict the duration of this event, however, the company will continue to communicate with customers and keep them informed through notifications on bge.com, the PeakRewards Event Central Page, and individual email notifications.
When the cycling event ends, BGE will transition all air conditioning program customers to a lower cycling level to maintain system reliability. Customers will not be able to override cycling during this emergency event. However, customers who have a medical or health condition or require assistance should call the PeakRewards customer hotline at 888.309.PEAK (7325).
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· Avoid using other heat-producing appliances such as dishwashers and clothes dryers
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BGE thanks its customers for participating in BGE's PeakRewards program and for helping to reduce peak electric demand and ensure the reliability of the electric system. PeakRewards customers receive annual bill credits of $100-$200 in the first year of enrollment and up to $100 every year thereafter. The program has helped to reduce peak demand by more than 430 megawatts—equivalent to a medium-sized power plant—and as a result, last summer helped BGE avoid potential brownouts and blackouts, which could have affected all of its 1.2 million electric customers in central Maryland.
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You might not realize this, but I'm actually pretty shy. I often find myself wishing that I had my husband's confidence. He doesn't worry about drawing attention to himself at parties or work. He embraces the mindset that if you don't like him, it's your problem, not his, and he shows himself to everyone just as he is.
I often imagine how much easier my life would be if I shared those same characteristics. Instead, I tend to worry about almost everything. One thing that really makes me nervous is sharing about my diabetes. Life with diabetes makes you put yourself out there in a vulnerable state, giving others the opportunity to judge you based solely on their own (frequently wrong) interpretation of diabetes. But this is the life we were given. Should we really worry so much about what others think?
I have had type 1 diabetes for over eighteen years. I came out of hiding with it a few years ago, but, to be honest, sometimes I find that the temptation to hide is still there. Some days I have to look deep for the strength to face my diabetes with others watching. It's hard to share so much with people I don't know very well. I don't enjoy taking my shots or testing my blood sugar in front of perfect strangers, but I frequently have to do it. I don't enjoy having to inform people about my diabetes just in case I go too low to correct my own blood sugar, but I often have to do it. We're not actors, but every day we do things that others say they "could never do," and we do them in front of an audience.
Maybe it would be easier to share if people didn't see diabetes as something we brought on ourselves. Many people who don't have diabetes still think we're cheating if we eat sugar, making dining with them both difficult and uncomfortable. Some people see multiple daily injections as a sign that we are out of control and doing something wrong. I have had to inform many people that it's the complete opposite: My multiple daily injections are what keep me in tighter control, not the other way around.
As hard as it is on some days, I know I cannot hide. You cannot be a wallflower with diabetes. You are going to get noticed, so why not educate and spread awareness along the way? We have to let people know that this is the way we must live--there truly is no alternative. Our life isn't normal by most people's standards, but we are the voices of diabetes, and we need to be heard.
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Even so, Auburn coach Gene Chizik believes they will.
"I think anytime that's what you put on the field then it hurts, and it should," Chizik said Tuesday, "and if it doesn't then there's a problem with that. Talking to a lot of our players, I think they're all excited about the opportunity to go out and get another chance to play this Saturday. We'll have a good week of practice, and they'll respond well. We'll move on and try to get better as a football team this week."
Auburn (6-4) plays Samford (6-4) at noon on Saturday. After being thoroughly dominated by Georgia, the Tigers are ready to make the best of what's left of the season.
After Samford, Auburn's annual Iron Bowl showdown with Alabama looms Nov. 26. Both games are at home.
"When you face adversity, not only in football but life, it's about what you do afterward," said Auburn defensive end Nosa Eguae. "We didn't respond to adversity Saturday. Was that our last game of the season? No. We had adversity in that game and we lost it. We lost it big and it was a big-time game that we really wanted to win. Now, it's about these next two weeks and what we do to bounce back from that loss. We'll go back out there this week and get ready for the big one next Saturday. This month of November is still ours for the taking."
Auburn's ability to bounce back is documented by the fact that the Tigers haven't lost consecutive games this season.
After losing to Clemson 38-24, Auburn beat Florida Atlantic 30-16 and 10th-ranked South Carolina 16-13.
After losing to Arkansas 38-14, the Tigers beat Florida 17-6.
Auburn followed a 45-10 loss at No. 1-ranked LSU 45-10 by beating Ole Miss 41-23.
"It's hard to take something from losing," said Auburn defensive tackle Jeffrey Whitaker, a sophomore from Warner-Robbins, Ga. "The only thing I can say when you lose like that, is you remember that and you keep moving forward, but you never forget that. You remember 38 by Arkansas, you remember 38 by Clemson, you remember the 45 against LSU, you remember the 45 against Georgia. You remember these things. You move forward but at the same time it's only going to help us get better in the future."
Auburn quarterback Clint Moseley says the learning process can be painful.
"We realize that we really let ourselves down and put embarrassing stuff on film, and we know we're a lot better than that," he said. "That is one thing that we do know. We're not giving up. We're not thinking we're worse players or anything like that. It's just a fact of executing. It's pretty simple."
One common denominator in the Tigers' losses this season is they have all been on the road.
Chizik was asked if he sees other commonalities.
"I think one of the common denominators is when something negative has happened, usually a turnover of some sort or a big play verses the defense, we've had a hard time coming out of that," he said. "It's been kind of a tail spin that's been hard for us to get out of. It's happened on both sides of the ball. If you look at both sides of the ball, the common denominator offensively is usually turnovers. The common denominator defensively is usually explosive plays versus the defense, and I think both of those things on the road against a really good team, you have to be able to come out of those tail spins, and we haven't been able to do that."
Moseley said the Tigers' losses to LSU and Georgia are the ones that hurt the most.
"It's really tough to figure it out because we're so hurt over that, and to have it happen twice in a year, it's tough to handle," he said. "We're all competitive, and we try so hard, and we spend so much time doing it, to let ourselves and the fans down like that is tough."
Moseley believes the Tigers have reached a crossroads in terms of leadership.
"We're at the point where we have to have leaders step up, and obviously it allstarts with me," he said. "I'm the one who touches it every play, and I'm going to work on that. There are a few other guys who can lead, and be a really good leader. It's just time for some of us to step up and lead."


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Hold onto your seats hockey fans, Superstar Sidney Crosby will be back on the ice Thursday night against the New York Rangers.
It appears as though Crosby has gotten some much needed relief from the dizziness and headache symptoms that caused him to bow out of the game last December. The mystery as to why Crosby's symptoms spontaneously returned last fall were somewhat alluding to a variety of specialists. A medical evaluation eventually produced a diagnosis of soft tissue and associated nerve injury. The assumption was made that the soft tissue injury was mimicking symptoms of a concussion, and in late January, after receiving an injection, the symptoms began to abate.
Hockey fans everywhere (except maybe New York) are looking forward to Crosby blazing back onto the ice and scoring something similar to the 12 points we witnessed in 8 games during his initial comeback.
"Everything is going really well," said Cosby.
No doubt, it's tough keeping Sid The Kid off the ice. I can empathize with Penguins general manager Ray Shero,
"He's a hockey player who wants to play the game of hockey."
Surely the NHL's hottest team is looking forward to having Crosby back on the ice tomorrow night. Playing on the 3rd line with the likes of Matt Cooke and Tyler Kennedy, in addition to playing with MVP candidate Evgeni Malkin and fellow center Jordan Staal, should give Sid a good bit of playing opportunity while still helping to protect him against too much roughhousing.
The goal was to get Crosby back on the ice prior to the time the playoffs start. I can't imagine he's interested in making his comeback mid-way through the playoffs. The guy needs a chance to get his sea legs back. After a strenuous workout with the team on Tuesday, it looks like he's ready to go.
Hopefully the Penguins will get their concussed defenseman Kris Letang back on Thursday, too. If that does happen, it will be only the second time this season that the Pens will be at full strength.
Having the world's best hockey player on the bench for a good bit of the 2010–2011 season, as well as the beginning of the 2011-2012 season has given a different face to the National Hockey League and most certainly to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Let's just hope that when Crosby skates onto the ice tomorrow night, we will see the "old" Sidney that we know and love. It's difficult for anybody to argue that Crosby being in the game is anything but great for the sport.


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SNA's 2013 Back to School Trends Report Finds More Students Will Have Access to Healthy School Breakfasts
Schools expanding grab-and-go and breakfast in the classroom as school breakfast programs meet new nutrition standards this fall
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD (August 21, 2013) – As students head back to school, more will have access to a healthy school breakfast thanks to an increase in innovative programs including Grab-and-Go, Breakfast in the Classroom and Second Chance Breakfast programs.
School Nutrition Association's (SNA) 2013 Back to School Trends Report reveals that the significant nationwide growth in School Breakfast Program participation is being fueled primarily by large school districts utilizing alternative delivery models to reach students who wouldn't otherwise have time to eat breakfast through traditional cafeteria service. Tight school bus timetables, late student arrivals and early class schedules can limit participation in traditional cafeteria breakfast programs.
This expansion of the School Breakfast Program occurs as schools are required to meet new nutrition standards for school breakfast. Starting this year, half of all grains served with school breakfast must be whole grain rich, and meals must meet new calorie ranges and limits on trans-fat. School cafeterias are also working toward 2014-15 school year requirements for larger portions of fruits/vegetables offered with each school breakfast.
According to USDA data, over the last year, breakfast ADP (Average Daily Participation) has increased nationally from 12.81 million students to 13.15 million students, a 2.59% increase. SNA's survey found that about one-quarter (25.2%) of school districts offering breakfast say they plan to add to or expand their breakfast service in the 2013-14 school year, even as school meal programs are tasked to meet new standards. Expansion plans are more common among the largest districts (serving 25,000+ students), with 46.3% planning to expand breakfast service.
Of the school districts planning to expand their breakfast programs:
Research suggests that school breakfast participation improves the academic, health and economic futures of America's students. "School nutrition professionals want to ensure students have the nutrition they need to succeed, so they are thinking outside of the box and working within their school communities to make sure every student has access to a healthy school breakfast," said Leah Schmidt, SNS, School Nutrition Association President and Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Hickman Mills C-1 School District (Missouri).
"By providing options ranging from school breakfast vending machines and kiosks located at the school doors to breakfast delivered and served in the classroom, school meal programs are making it easy for students to choose the healthy options available with school breakfast," said Schmidt.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Hey Pfizer! This one's for you...
But they've missed a hole, a marketing void. And I'm about to give it to them.
Primary care doctors need a combination antifungal/low-potency steroid cream.
Lots of topical fungal/yeast infections, when in the angry and red stage, would really benefit from this. Sure, we've got Mycolog and Lotrisone, but the steroid components of those are stronger than I like to use excessively, especially on a baby bottom. The problem is that they work so well that once patients get a taste, plain nystatin ain't gonna cut it anymore. I have been begged in the past.
Why can't I just write two prescriptions, a steroid and an antifungal? Of course I can. But then there are two copays, and two creams to confuse.
Really, I think this is a good idea. I'll settle for a 10% cut.
If there already exists a cream such as I've described and I'm ignorant of it, please enlighten me. But please be gentle. I've had a rough week.
Pfizer. Call me.
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- Femail doc said...
I tell patients to get OTC 1% HC ointment plus clotrimazole. But you're right, wish we had one with 2.5% HC, and the two-fer-oneness of it would make compliance more likely.
- September 29, 2007 at 1:15 PM
You are so right. Wonder if your friendly pharmacist would compound this? Wouldn't wait for big pharma...both the ingredients are so cheap there's not nearly enough money in the deal to interest them.
- September 29, 2007 at 6:04 PM
- The Country Doctor said...
Here's my topical medication I want to patent and market some day. It would include triamcinolone, clotrimazole, and bactroban. I'd market it under the name of "Salve". Patient comes in with a rash. Here, put a little Salve on it.
- September 29, 2007 at 6:06 PM
In the UK they have Daktacort, which is miconazole and 1% HC (same as "Micreme H" in NZ). I must disagree with anon. about the lack of interest in developing a cream comprised of cheap components; Vusion is a great example of this (miconazole/zinc oxide/white petrolatum). I'd love to see a combination cream with 1% HC, not *primarly* because of your concerns (separate co-pays, confusion) but because the higher potency creams are so overprescribed by doctors to address those same concerns.
- October 1, 2007 at 1:28 PM
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Have you seen triamcinolone applied the same time as Bactroban?
Would there be any contraindications to concurrent administration of the two topical products?
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similar to the products karenmp suggests. I'd like one with terbinafine but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.
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